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Labour politician joins calls to scrap ID cards
News What about the organised criminals? The government has defended itself against fresh calls to drop its troubled ID cards scheme, this time from within the Labour party. The debate... [07 Jul 2009]
ID cards, Oracle, iPlayer and how to save your job...
News Meanwhile the director of information for the Association of Chief Police Officers revealed the police are looking into how mobile phones could be used to record and shop criminals in the future. ID... [08 May 2009]
Cross-border policing to take down digital crims
News The FBI agent whose undercover sting operation led to the dismantling of an international cybercrime ring believes that increasing transnational police co-operation is turning the tide against digital criminals. [23 Apr 2009]
Chip and PIN for ID cards: Not such a sharp idea?
News Longbottom added that the system was also vulnerable to PIN numbers being spied on in public and to criminals hacking terminals to steal card transaction and PIN details. Using a PIN number to prove identity online and... [15 Apr 2009]
EU: No common protection scheme for ID card data
News While the use of electronic identity cards offers opportunities for governments to be more efficient in providing services to citizens, there is the risk that the citizen data collected could be misused, either by... [06 Feb 2009]
Inbox: Brits baying for blood over ID
Comment But is it 100% safe against criminals hacking and changing data? This week, ID cards were in the news yet again, this time with readers commenting on a story claiming the public isn't... [24 Nov 2008]
ID card costs rise - but is the security weakening?
News LSE's Angell said: "If they do not check the database then fraud will go up as criminals will quickly figure this out and be able to make a copy of the card and change the photo. Opponents of ID... [07 Nov 2008]
The Naked CIO: Going public about privacy
Comment But are we criminals? In that light ID cards don't seem such a bad idea - why should they be? Over the past few years we've had some feverish debate about ID... [21 Jul 2008]
Dear silicon.com...Illegal file-sharing, biometrics flying high, ID fines…
Comment All good motivational reasons for the criminals to spend their ill-gotten gains on research. ID cards: Gov't slap on fines of up to £1,000 ID cards are... [28 Feb 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 25.01.08
Round-Up If these data loss scandals continue, and it would take a brave man with a highly casual approach to personal finance to bet against it, surely it would just be more cost-effective for the government to sell the data direct to... [25 Jan 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Data security... e-learning a bit of a bore?... ID cards debate... skip vista?
Comment Good idea - let's standardise the method for data security in the EC then the criminals won't have to work so hard. We could however have ID cards without a central database, giving each... [13 Dec 2007]
Judge calls for "universal" national DNA database
News She said in a statement: "The recent massive expansion of the database has not increased the likelihood of solving crimes, because so many people being added to it are not criminals. Silicon.com's A to Z of... [05 Sep 2007]
Nothing to fear over ID cards privacy, says passport chief
News Hall admitted criminals and fraudsters will target ID cards but said the technology being used will make it harder for them to fake and forge documents. He said: "The unique aspect of... [06 Mar 2007]
Chip and PIN goes undercover
News A chip and PIN device is being introduced nationwide to prevent criminals stealing shoppers' PIN numbers. This means 'shoulder surfers' - people who attempt to spy on customers as they type in their PIN numbers with a... [29 Jan 2007]
ID theft targeted by web search service
News A US web start-up has launched a service for people to check if their personal data is being traded online by criminals but critics say it could be a boon for those same crooks. However, the way StolenID Search is set up... [24 Jan 2007]
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